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Month: November 2023

4 Virginia legislative candidates, including ex-congressman, are accused of violence against women

By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett is among four male candidates to run for state legislative seats in Virginia this year who’ve been accused of physical violence against women. Garrett has reentered politics after leaving Congress almost five years ago so he could

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UK officials close antitrust probes into Amazon’s and Meta’s retail platforms

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog has wrapped up its antitrust investigations into Amazon’s and Meta’s retail platforms, saying it has secured commitments from the US tech giants that will ultimately benefit consumers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Friday that it had accepted voluntary pledges to “protect

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US banks hit by deposit delays

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Multiple US banks were hit by deposit delays on Friday caused by an error at a payment processing network, according to the Federal Reserve. The Clearing House, which operates the Automated Clearing House system, which allows banks to send electronic payments to each other, experienced a processing

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Former Trump State Department appointee sentenced to 70 months in prison after assaulting police officers at US Capitol

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A former appointee of Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to 70 months in prison for his violent role on January 6, 2021. Federico Klein, a former State Department appointee, was found guilty following a bench trial before Judge Trevor McFadden this summer of multiple counts, including assaulting multiple police

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Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have ‘partners for peace’

By MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas. Blinken on Friday bluntly called

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Iranian soccer club punished, fined for displaying slain’s commander bust that forced cancelation of match against Saudi team

By Ben Morse, Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Iranian soccer club Sepahan has been punished by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for displaying a bust of a divisive general, who was assassinated by the United States in 2020, which caused the cancelation of a game against a Saudi team. Saudi team Al-Ittihad

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